Norval MacGregor (April 3, 1862 – November 21, 1933) was an American producer, director, and actor in

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

s and theater. He directed some 88 films, acted in 13, and produced many others. He was a native of

River Falls, Wisconsin River Falls is a city in Pierce County, Wisconsin, Pierce and St. Croix County, Wisconsin, St. Croix counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is adjacent to the River Falls (town), Wisconsin, Town of River Falls in Pierce County and the Kinnic ...

. He was on officer of the

Motion Picture Directors Association The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA) was an American non-profit fraternal organization formed by 26 film directors on June 18, 1915, in Los Angeles, California. The organization selected a headquarters to be built there in 1921. Its art ...

, served as its treasurer, and in 1919 was on the reception committee for the Motion Picture Directors ball. The

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

Libraries have a photo of him.

Selected filmography

Producer

*'' Jimmmie the Porter'' (1914) by Edwin Ray Coffin *'' The Jungle Samaritan'' (1914) *'' Low Financier'' (1914) *'' Newsboy Tenor'' (1914) *'' Harbor of Love'' (1914) *''Muff'' (1914) *'' Oh! Look Who's Here!'' (1914) *'' Tonsorial Leopard Tamer'' (1914) *'' You Can Never Tell'' (1914) *'' At the Transfer Corner'' (1914) *'' Cupid Turns the Tables'' (1914) *'' Mysterious Black Box'' (1914) *'' No Wedding Bells for Her'' (1914) *''

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'' (1914)

Director

*''

One Hundred Years of Mormonism ''One Hundred Years of Mormonism'' is a 1913 film depicting the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The six-reel film took its title from the 1905 book by Mormon educator John Henry Evans. Ellaye Motion Picture Compan ...

'' (1913) *'' The Awful Adventures of An Aviator'' (1915) *'' Colorado (1915 film)'' *'' Baseball at Mudville'' (1917) *''

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'' (1919)

Actor

*'' The Spoilers'' (1914) *'' The White Scar'' (1915) as Mackintosh *'' The Spirit of '76'' (1917) *''

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'' (1919) *'' The Mutiny of the Elsinore'' (1920) as Captain Nathaniel Somers *''

A Motion to Adjourn ''A Motion to Adjourn'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Roy Clements and starring Harry L. Rattenberry, Roy Stewart and Marjorie Daw.Munden p.528 Synopsis The playboy son of a wealthy New York financier is disinherited when ...

'' (1921) as Doc Bleeker *'' Chain Lightning'' (1922) as Major Lee Pomeroy *''

Courtship of Miles Standish ''The Courtship of Miles Standish'' is an 1858 narrative poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the early days of Plymouth Colony, the colonial settlement established in America by the Mayflower Pilgrims, ''Mayflower'' Pilgrims. ...

'' (1923) as William Bradford *'' The Face on the Bar-Room Floor'' (1923) *''

Stepping Lively ''Stepping Lively'' is a 1924 American silent action film directed by James W. Horne and starring Richard Talmadge, Mildred Harris and Norval MacGregor.Munden p.765 Plot Cast * Richard Talmadge as Dave Allen * Mildred Harris as Evelyn Pendr ...

'' (1924) as James Pendroy *''

The Bowery Bishop ''The Bowery Bishop'' is a 1924 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell (director), Colin Campbell and starring Henry B. Walthall, Leota Lorraine, and Edith Roberts (actress), Edith Roberts. Plot Tim Brady accuses No ...

'' (1924) as Mr. Kindly *'' Phantom Justice'' (1924) as Wolfe

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MacGregor, Norval 1862 births 1933 deaths Silent film directors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors American film producers American male stage actors Film directors from Wisconsin 19th-century American actors 20th-century American actors People from River Falls, Wisconsin